i'm in willow glen.

hello readers and loves!!

so as the title states, i am in willow glen until next monday morning. thursday morning i flew southwest to san jose and i have been here ever since enjoying this summer weather and just enjoying the area. thursday i came home from the airport i immediately went to the local taco joint and ordered a breakfast burrtio. the breakfast burrito had chorizo, eggs, pinto beans, fresh avocado and sour cream. yum to the o. thursday night we ended up going to outback where i gorged myself on a bloomin onion and a shrimp griller. i also had two margaritas but don't tell anyone at how yummy they are. we also ended up babysitting a 10 year old named ethan. he was a really nice boy to hang around for 4 hours.

friday, my brother worked until 3 and then we left for the san jose train station to get on the cal train to go to san francisco for the GIANTS GAME!!! LINCECUm was pitching and he pitched, i think 7 innings. he pitched a great game and they won 6 to 2. NOTE: GIANTS SWEPT THE ATHLETICS!! at the game i had garlic fries and there famous fresh caramel corn. OMG, YUM!! also at the game we had the cuervo margartias. another, YUM! while i was at the game, i went to the dugout store and bought a san francisco giants jacket. i am purely in love.

here are pics from the game:








i have some more pictures but i don't want to overwelm you with them.

saturday, around 1 we went for a 6 mile walk to bill's in willow glen and it was so FREAKIN HOT!! i think it was 88 degrees. at bill's, i ordered the chilaquiles and a mimosa. OMG, YUM! we walked back to the house and then changed into our bathing suits and had a mini pool party with some of the people who live around my brother. i stayed in the pool for about half an hour and then came up to the house and did some blogging. that night we ordered pizza from mountain mike's and moved the party to the condo. it was a great time. it's the best time i have had in a while.

sunday, we went wine tasting in los gatos and had a really really good time. the los gatos wine festival was going on and first went to testarossa winery. the winery had a whole block of mt. tam. OMG, SO FREAKIN FANTASTIC!! The second winery we went to was black ridge vineyard and there wines were ok, nothing to get too excited about. the third winery we went to, was an actual tasting room in los gatos called cinnabar. after cinnabar, we went to el casa corde and i had some of the best mexican food i have ever had in my entire life. the food was very authentic and from mochotan, or something like that. we ordered yuong pig carnitas, braised bacon tacos, and carne asada tacos with avocado and roasted tomato salsa. yum!

no love and eats.

hello readers and los amigos!!

today has been a good day. i went to the gym and did 2.5 miles on the treadmill and it was horrible. i was not having a very good time except i did more running than usual. last thursday, my mother and i went to mfoscari in anaheim hills and i wanted to share with you whaT I ate.

penne with roasted red pepper cream sauce, smoked chicken and feta cheese:


and then i bought skinny jeans and they fit perfectly. i have lost 50 pounds and i feel awesome. i should say that i'm happy, i am but i am missing one thing in my life. LOVE.

GAP SKINNY JEANS:


I'LL BE BACK SOON!! maybe next time from willow glen!!

love and skinny jeans.

hello readers and friends!!

OH, do i have some news to tell you. i decided to join match for love. now i have people who i am attracted too, they just don't like me and what i do. i need help on how to find love on match. i do not know how to look for love because love is supposed to come when you are not looking. HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!!

in other news, i bought my first pair of skinny jeans. for all of my few readers out there, i bought the gap skinny jeans saturated wash. i am so freakin excited to get them.

the other thing that i have been doing with my time is going to the gym everyday. today was an off day because my time of the month.

ill update soon, with food pictures. right now i am going to enjoy the lakers beat the suns TONIGHT!!

san francisco love.

hello ladies and gents!!

i am writing you this post from the san francisco area. saturday morning my mom, dad and i drove our way up north to san jose / willow glen area. saturday night we headed to lb steak at santana row and it was seriously amazing experience and food. the whole expereience was awesome. i ordered the 12oz. rib eye, truffled mac and cheese, and BLT salad. WOW!!

yesterday we all packed up the car and headed north to san francisco. we spent the afternoon at the ferry building:



spent lunch at hog island oyster co:


here's the view from lunch of the bay:


I also went to blue bottle coffee because people have been saying it's the best damn coffee EVA!! i ordered a new orleans style iced ocffee and i was impressed. it was yummo.

we also stopped at the rechutti chocolatier, they have the BEST chocolate and caramels EVA!! i love rechutti!!



on the way out of the san francisco we were by at&t park and here's a pic:


another:

7.2 earthquake!!

hello homeskillets!!

so today in southern california, we had a HUGE EARTHQUAKE!! i was standing up during the entire thing, and i was getting nauseous!! it was so weird and really really long, i'm talking like a minute. (45 seconds but felt like a minute)

last night we made cupcakes and the recipe we used was out of food and wine!! IT WAS AH-MAZ-ING!!! here's a pic of cupcake and glass of milk:


i'm gonna stop here and get use to the aftershocks!

before and after pics.

as you all know i have been gone at least a month. well around march 4 or 5th, i was in san jose for about 4 days. i then came back to orange county and while my mom was on vacation, i didn't do any exercising. i lost a total of 2 or 3 pounds. when my mom came back, i took another week off and lost another 2 or 3 pounds. but if you are wondering what i looked like when i was at my heaviest, here it is:



and here i am a couple of nights ago:



this past week, i went to the gym 3 times. here are a couple of eats from the past week:

brasied fennel with olive oil, salt, pepper, and parmensan cheese:


bbq'd lamb:


peanut butter frozen yogurt with oreo pieces, reeses pieces, and chopped almonds:


those are a couple of eats from the past week. i don't know what i am doing tonight but the tournament is on!! i don't want to say this but i really really really think that kentucky is going to win the thing!

hello everybody!!!

i just wanted to make a quick post while steve martin and alec baldwin make fun of the precious cast. today i went to starbizzle to start of the day and it was exactly what i needed. i ordered a venti lced latte and put in one sweet'n'low pack.

demonstration:


then for lunch i had a tomato tart from pascal's in newport. yum to the o. no pictures of that. for snacks i had flour tortillas from anchos in riverside and they have the best tortillas in southern california. they.are.awesome.

for din din i had cereal because i am SERIOUSLY watching my weight. and i am down to 35 pounds from what i weighed in college. it's going to be a tough road.

picture:


also on the tpic of non food, i recently bought a "gold" ipod nano. 16gb. here is a lovely pic of the awesome thing:




and recently i have been looking for music to fill it up with. i found the vs pink spring break 2010 playlist and it's filled with amazing artists i have never heard of. i also found au revoir simone from homegirl can eat's blog or her recent post. and just random other music by pete tong. he is seriously amazing. also last weekend we went to lb steak on santana row and we had an amazing meal. i suggest all of those who live in the area, go their immediately. here is a pic from the night:



enjoy the oscar's!!